“Just one bullet. That’s all I need,” chuckled Mark as he took another swig of brandy.
Since making the decision to kill himself, he’d planned on how to take down his oppressors at the same time. No spraying-bullets-at-the-office scene…
Finish the story in Tales in Teacups
©Vivian Zems
Friday Fiction with Rochelle
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March 15, 2018 at 6:53 pm
Nice depiction of the pressure an tension that exist under those circumstances
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March 15, 2018 at 8:04 pm
Thanks, Larry😊
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March 15, 2018 at 6:59 pm
Great story but sad as well – as it is so true. Revenge is so easy today
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March 15, 2018 at 8:04 pm
Thanks Deb. ..a reflection of life, I’m afraid.
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March 15, 2018 at 9:50 pm
I don’t know, I think I’d want to live and see it unfold 😉 Maybe hide out for a while.
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March 16, 2018 at 12:28 am
I thought so too- I know I would. I think he made up his mind already.
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March 15, 2018 at 9:54 pm
I hope he gets an afterlife to see how his plan played out. A twisted tale of revenge, nice one.
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March 16, 2018 at 12:26 am
Thanks, Iain….I’m not sure if he cares that much, somehow…
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March 16, 2018 at 5:05 am
He’s quite the twisted one, though I’m sure he would have been more ‘satisfied’ if he’d been able to see the chaos that he’d unleashed.
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March 16, 2018 at 6:46 am
I think he was beyond caring😯
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March 16, 2018 at 10:29 am
He sounds fairly desperate, poor man.
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March 16, 2018 at 10:58 am
He is…I guess this is what they mean when people ‘snap’
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March 16, 2018 at 1:20 pm
If he had got some help before reaching this point. Well crafted.
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March 16, 2018 at 3:03 pm
Too true… we see it all the time (but it ends in bullets or other violence)
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March 16, 2018 at 6:17 pm
Too sad. Find a way to get even without doing yourself in.
Well done.
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March 16, 2018 at 6:50 pm
Thanks Dale😊
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March 17, 2018 at 7:53 am
Revenge from the grave. Good portrait of a man destroyed by his victimhood mentality.
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March 17, 2018 at 5:58 pm
Thank you!😊
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March 17, 2018 at 9:25 pm
Well written, Vivian. I very much like the way you imply both meanings of the word ‘shot’ without actually using the word at all! That’s cunning! I’m not completely sure that a determined suicide would care about revenge, but what the heck – you made it feel convincing while I was reading.
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March 17, 2018 at 10:49 pm
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Penny 🙂
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March 18, 2018 at 11:12 am
Dear Vivian,
Pity he won’t be around to witness the fruits of his labors. All around well told story.
shalom,
Rochelle
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March 18, 2018 at 12:07 pm
Thanks, Rochelle!
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March 18, 2018 at 6:41 pm
Sad and chillng example of multi-tasking.
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March 18, 2018 at 7:37 pm
Indeed it is. Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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March 18, 2018 at 8:50 pm
Revenge from beyond the grave… but maybe just maybe he want to see it happen…
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March 18, 2018 at 9:47 pm
Ha!….maybe…
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March 19, 2018 at 1:41 pm
How tragic. No happy ending here. Well written, Vivian.
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April 5, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Danger! So sad he wants to tear all those other folks down, even if they treated him badly. A sad end for him.
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April 5, 2018 at 5:55 pm
Indeed!
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